FM: TRIPP secures Azerbaijan–Nakhchivan link, expands Armenia’s international reach

Responding to Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s recent remarks, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said the TRIPP initiative, which he stressed would connect Azerbaijan with Nakhchivan and grant Armenia broader access to international routes, remains important for both regional stabilisation and the peace process with Baku.

In exclusive comments to Armenpress, Mirzoyan said that although the two processes are not interlinked, progress in normalisation with Türkiye could nevertheless contribute positively to normalisation with Azerbaijan, Caliber.Az reports.

“First of all, establishing diplomatic relations with Türkiye and opening the border are indeed important for Armenia. Likewise, further institutionalizing the peace established with Azerbaijan is also important. Armenia is making sincere efforts in both directions. However, neither of these components is conditioned on the other, and if we were to insist on seeing a causal link between them, it might turn out that the full normalization of relations with Türkiye could have—not a negative but, on the contrary—a positive impact on the normalization process between Armenia and Azerbaijan,” FM stated.

Regarding the unblocking of transport infrastructure, he noted that the key principles of this process were agreed at the Washington peace summit on 8 August: territorial integrity, inviolability of borders, sovereignty, jurisdiction and reciprocity.

“The TRIPP route will connect Azerbaijan with Nakhchivan, Armenia with other countries, and—on a broader geographic scale—different regions with one another through Armenia and Azerbaijan. Armenia is actively and constructively striving to implement this as soon as possible,” Mirzoyan concluded.

The TRIPP project envisions an infrastructure corridor connecting mainland Azerbaijan with Nakhchivan through Armenia’s southern Syunik province. First proposed in the aftermath of the Second Karabakh War, it is intended to ensure direct and uninterrupted movement between the two Azerbaijani territories.

In August 2025, the United States, Azerbaijan, and Armenia reached a trilateral understanding in Washington that set out the parameters for opening the route. The accord aims to boost trade, streamline transportation, and enhance broader regional connectivity.

By Jeyhun Aghazada